tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510947223186447788.post1984303649174716035..comments2023-10-05T22:39:37.761-05:00Comments on A Physician on Job Search, Practice and more: The most important issue in medicineObGynThoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968829807651784347noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510947223186447788.post-32847816422852397632007-06-30T21:41:00.000-05:002007-06-30T21:41:00.000-05:00Thank you, Independent Urologist, for your thought...Thank you, Independent Urologist, for your thoughts. This time it is worse. There is a very unfortunate national push for more medical schools and more residency programs based on Dr. Richard Coopers attempts to foresee the future. It is the largest call for "more doctors" that we have had in 30 or so years. They are calling for 200K more doctor, a complete disaster. It completely neglects the fact that we had an oversupply, it falsely assumes that we have enough doctors at the present time. the report speculates on increased demand by baby boomers, even though they are healthier than any generation before, the report neglects any other supply of health care providers, such as nurse practitioners, midwives and PAs, it ignores the growing number of quick clinics - "you're sick, we're quick", it neglects the growing impact of telemedicine, the possibility of importing excellent physicians from e.g. Europe within a short time and others which I will go into in future blog posts.ObGynThoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968829807651784347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510947223186447788.post-9278483644611108252007-06-30T18:14:00.000-05:002007-06-30T18:14:00.000-05:00Yeh, I agree. But it is nothing new. When I was i...Yeh, I agree. But it is nothing new. When I was in med school, people were talking about a shortage of primary care docs, such as family practice, and consequently many students were persuaded to pursue those specialties and become "the gate keeper." Well you know what happened next. IM and FP are dime a dozen and get bargain basement reimbursements. Neurosurgeons, on the other hand, command high fees because there are so few of them and demand for their services are high. I also think your specialty has trained far too many residents as well. Urology trains ~220 per year, but like anything else, most urologist practice in big metro areas.<BR/>Anyway, good post.Richard A Schoor MD FACShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11520184749583009935noreply@blogger.com